The Shadow World
Inside the Global Arms Trade
Hamish Hamilton
Hardback
: 03 Nov 2011
£25.00
Synopsis
Pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of the global arms trade, Andrew Feinstein reveals the corruption and the cover-ups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in history - between the British and Saudi governments - to BAE's controversial transactions in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe, and the revolving-door relationships that characterise the US Congressional-Military-Industrial Complex. He exposes in forensic detail both the formal government-to-government trade in arms and the shadow world of illicit weapons dealing - and lays bare the shocking and inextricable links between the two.
The Shadow World places us in the midst of the arms trade's dramatic wheeling and dealing, ranging from corporate boardrooms to seedy out-of-the-way hotels via far-flung offshore havens, and reveals the profound danger this network represents to all of us.
The Shadow World - Andrew Feinstein
Andrew Feinstein introduces his book The Shadow World
Reviews
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‘Essential reading for anyone who cares about justice, transparency and accountability in both the public and private spheres, and for anyone who believes that it is more important to invest in saving lives than in the machinery of death’ - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
‘Andrew Feinstein has written an authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling, heartbreaking and enraging’ - Arundhati Roy
‘A devastating and scrupulously documented account of the greed, venality, and rampant corruption pervading the global arms trade’ - Andrew J. Bacevich, retired colonel, US Army, and author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War
'The nobility and justice of Feinstein's sentiments are indisputable. The arms trade is a loathsome commerce conducted by people who wear suits and occupy big boardroom tables, but should have trouble sleeping at night' – Max Hastings
'It is a measure of his incisive reporting, admirable research across several continents and sustained sense of outrage that by the end of this gripping volume many readers will agree with his central argument that a stiff dose of sunlight is the best disinfectant for this shadowy world' – Justin Marozzi
Product details
Format :
Hardback
ISBN: 9780241144411
Size : 153 x 234mm
Pages : 704
Published : 03 Nov 2011
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
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The Shadow World
Inside the Global Arms Trade
£25.00
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